Guangling

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See also: Guǎnglíng

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡwæŋlɪŋ/, /ˈɡwɑŋlɪŋ/

Etymology 1

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廣陵／广陵 (Guǎnglíng, “expansive tomb”).

Proper noun

Guangling

  1. (historical) A former commandery of China.
  2. (historical) Synonym of Yangzhou, the seat of the commandery's government.
  3. A district of Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.
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Etymology 2

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From the Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 廣靈／广灵 (Guǎnglíng, “expansive spirit”).

Proper noun

Guangling

  1. A county of Datong, Shanxi, China.
    • , London: Thomas Murby & Co., →OCLC, page 172:
      The coalfields of Mentoukou and Chaitang, in the Western Hills of Peking, of Yuhsien, Yangyuan, and Hsuanhua in south-western Chahar, and of Kuangling and Tatung in northern Shansi are among the best known for their valuable Jurassic coal.]
    • , First edition, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 481:
      The Nanchiaoshan Co-operative in Kuangling County originally had 14 households. But they became dissatisfied and 7 withdrew because nothing was done when the production-team leader (a rich peasant) and the bookkeeper made away with some 60 yuan of public money.]
    • 1984 June 19 [1984 June 6], “Supreme People's Procuratorate Work Report to NPC”, in Daily Report China‎, volume I, number 119, →ISSN, →OCLC, page K 8‎:
      In arresting criminals, conducting investigations, and accumulating evidence, Comrade Gao Yugui, a bailiff of the People's Procuratorate in Guangling County, Shanxi Province, worked hard for 8 days and nights in August 1983.
    • 1989, Kathleen Hartford, “Repression and Communist Success: The Case of Jin-Cha-Ji, 1938-1943”, in Single Sparks: China's Rural Revolutions‎, M. E. Sharpe, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 106:
      A second incident concerned the activities of Shanxi Peace Preservation Corps forces (forces under Yan Xishan’s Second War Area and tenuously under Guomindang control) led by Bai Zhiyi.⁵⁰ These forces rampaged through Guangling county in Shanxi in mid-October 1939.
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